A 24-year-old criminal, who was held by sleuths of the Dattawadi police station for looting a journalist of an Aurangabad daily in Pune of Rs 5,500 cash and a mobile phone worth Rs 5,000, said he wanted only money from the victim, but fearing the scribe would call up the police he took his mobile phone and returned the sim card.

Highway robbery: The accused travelled with the scribe for a while by taking a lift before robbing him of his money and cellphone. However, he returned the SIM card. Representation Pic